performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
at least; at most; (even) just
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
cooking class; cookery school
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
had better ...; had better not ...
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
to be needed; to be wanted
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
planning; project; plan; design
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment